The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-09-03
County Gossip.

County Gossip.
The Gazette talks Of "Utica's boom" as
realization of the near future Let her
boom--Tonica will get there all the same
by the sure route of steady and permanent
growth. -7onica Neacs.
Now when these two towns really get in
to the "boom" business, where are the rest
of us to come in?
Our neighbor, the Globe says: "The
FREE TRADER now occupies its aew quar-
tiers in the Colwell-Sherwood block. The
office is a model of convenience, we'll
lighted, and without exception the finest
printing Office In this county. The firm
will put in new Babcock news press, be-
sides making other additions to its outfit.
Success to the FREE TRADER in its new
home.
Ii may he to some q matter of surprise
that we had no representative at the reun-
ion. We We're told that Mr.. w. ID. Wilson
had been appointed by somebody to ill the
place, by what authority we do not know.
A request WAS sent 10 this office. not for tho
editor but for Mr.. Wilson, to meet with tho
committee. Mr.. Wilson had no more au
thority to represent US than any other man.
He was free to act as an individual, but
not to act for the Globe. On the morning
of the 9th, Mr. Smiley, Of the FREE IRA
DER, came in In great haste, threw badge
upon our table and saying, "Iou may want
this" or some words to that effect, went
out This Is all that was said to US about
the matter.-Globe.
Mr.. Wilson was appointed on the press
committee. The chairman was provided
with badges tor the members of that COM
mittee. Being himself too busy to attend TO
their distribution personally, the chairman
sent them to the various members by Mr..
Smiley. Nobody expected that the COM
mittee who selected the press committee
were acting as managing editors of the
various papers and assigning reporters for
those various papers. If Mr.. Globe thinks
they were, ne is decidedly fresh; and his
not sending any man he chose to report the
proceedings because the press committee
included Mr.. Wilson is playing the baby
act In the most approved style. The Globe
editor will know more about editing before
he is many years older, perhaps.
The latest fad among the ladies Is St
chair album -gentlemen's hair. Young
men are besought for lock of hair, and
the request is such f1attering one that
they are only too happy to comply when
the right damsels apply. The contribution
is tied with a blue ribbon and goes into
the chair album" along with the hair of
crowd of other fellows. Over II will be
written the name, age, color of eyes, date
of receiving the momento and general re-
marks as to personal appearance, etc,
which may or may not be plimentary,
as the album is never to be seen by any
other than feminine eyes.
How about tying up the back hair of the
youth who has it cut with fine tooth clip.
per? Paste 1t on sticky y.paper?
A similar undertaking getting up run
ming meeting is being talked up in Strea-
tor, and If carried out will undoubtedly be
suceess.--Ind. Times.
As big a success as the trotting meeting?
and "biow in" another $SS5.S7? You fell
lows have nerve, at any rate.
Mendoza is in state of laudable excite
ment over the discovery, within the city
limits, of natural gas, the boring at 80 feet
having struck gas, which is now flowing
with 90 ID. pressure per square inch. Gas
has also been reached at LaMoille at 200
feet. A successful gas we'll would, indeed,
be "card" for Mendoza, and she Is to be
congratulated on the success thus far OBJ
tanned
The contract for the new postoffice build
ing at Streator has been let by ID. Heenan
& Co. to S. w. Egbert. 1t is to be first
class building in every respect and that
part not used by the government will form
additions to d, Heenan & Co.'s present I'M
mense quarters. And Colonel Plumb and
the old site crowd will set on the fence on
the opposite side of the street and watch
the new structure climb above ground!
and do it in as philosophical mood as pos.
sible under the circumstances!
Mrs. W. Bushnell left last Monday to at
tend her brother, Mr.. c. C. Charles, who
was lying very sick in Chicago. Relatives
hare received dispatch Thursday morning